Donovan v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding no abuse of discretion in denial of extension request where “the time to designate witnesses had run several months” before the request
• finding no abuse of discretion in denial of extension request where “the time to designate witnesses had run several months” before the request
• noting an attorney’s “inexperience[] in . . . malpractice cases” is not grounds for an extension
• stating issue is “not whether there was negligence in the actions of the defendant but whether there was evidence upon which liability could 9 be found”
• “Defaults will not be vacated where the movant has ignored plain mandates in the rules with ample opportunity to abide by them.” (emphasis added) (citation omitted)
• “If a doctor operates on the wrong patient or amputates the wrong limb, a plaintiff would not have to introduce expert testimony to establish that the doctor was negligent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Vaughn v. Ag Processing, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-07-18· cited 96×
• Oswald v. LeGrand
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-04-12· cited 89×
• Todd A. Mulhern, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Elizabeth M. Von Linden v. Catholic Health Initiatives A/K/A Catholic Health Initiatives Iowa Corp. D/B/A Mercy Franklin Center and/or Mercy Hospital and/or Mercy Psychiatric Services
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2011-06-24· cited 41×
• Hantsbarger v. Coffin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-06-16· cited 38×
• Metz v. Amoco Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-07-01· cited 35×
• State v. Leutfaimany
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-09-23· cited 34×
• Kennis v. Mercy Hospital Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-10-21· cited 34×
• Glowacki v. State Board of Medical Examiners
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-06-16· cited 30×
• Cox v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-05-15· cited 29×
• Welte v. Bello
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-03-18· cited 25×
• Banfi v. American Hospital for Rehabilitation
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-04-24· cited 24×
• Thomas v. Fellows
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-05-23· cited 24×
• Hill v. McCartney
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1998-12-28· cited 22×
• Anderson v. Bristol, Inc.
  S.D. Iowa· 2013-03-25· cited 22×
• Nedved v. Welch
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-10-21· cited 19×
• In re Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation
  D. South Carolina· 2017-01-03· cited 19×
• Wilson v. Darr
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-09-18· cited 16×
• Connolly v. Foudree
  S.D. Iowa· 1992-02-07· cited 13×
• Farley v. Ginther
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-01-24· cited 10×
• Landes v. Women's Christian Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1993-05-25· cited 8×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daboll v. Hoden
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-10-16· cited 89×
• Grosjean v. Spencer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-02-08· cited 59×
• Hubby v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-03-16· cited 51×
• Forsmark v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-05-16· cited 37×
• Shill v. Careage Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-08-22· cited 34×
• Dealers Warehouse Co. v. Wahl & Associates
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-03-27· cited 28×
• Sinkey Ex Rel. Sinkey v. Surgical Associates
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1971-05-05· cited 27×
• Buckroyd Ex Rel. Buckroyd v. Bunten
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-01-21· cited 12×